Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse History and Leukocyte Telomere Length among Women in Middle Adulthood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Mason, Susan M ^a   Prescott, Jennifer ^a,b   Tworoger, Shelley S ^a,b   DeVivo, Immaculata ^a,b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84936886222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124493     Document Type: Article

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